Autism and Water Safety: Essential Tips and Resources for Families

Autism and Water Safety: Essential Tips and Resources for Families

Making a Splash: Water Safety for Kids with Autism Did you know? Drowning is the #1 cause of death in autism and Florida leads the way in child drownings resulting in death? (source: Autism Society Florida) Children with autism are 5 to 14 times more likely to drown...
Unlocking Your Toddler’s Full Potential: The Magic of Occupational Therapy

Unlocking Your Toddler’s Full Potential: The Magic of Occupational Therapy

Empowering Your Child’s Journey As parents, we all want to see our children thrive in every aspect of their lives. Pediatric occupational therapy (OT) is a great way to support your child in learning important skills for their everyday activities. It’s...
How to Play with Your Neurodivergent Child: 8 Strategies to Help You Engage

How to Play with Your Neurodivergent Child: 8 Strategies to Help You Engage

Embracing the Joy of Play Through Understanding and Adaptation For over 10 years providing services in occupational and speech therapy at Progressive Pediatric Therapy, we have had the privilege of supporting many families on their journey through neurodiversity. A...
Echolalia and Gestalt Language Learning: The “Other” Way

Echolalia and Gestalt Language Learning: The “Other” Way

Written by: Joan Cajucom, M.S., CCC-SLP Did you know that there are TWO different ways people may process language? Many of us have assumed that we all develop language in the same way— that we start with single words, then learn to combine words into phrases then...